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During the prohibition era, specialized smugglers arose from rural towns and valleys with only one goal: To move booze quickly and quietly to a thirsty public. Tune in to learn how bootleggers transformed their cars into high-powered smuggling machines.
Podcast Goodness: Prohibition and Rehab
by Charles W. Bryant | November 12, 2010
Greetings, earthlings. It is Chuck here, from the great state of Georgia, for a little podcast recap. This week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast program, we completed a three podcast suite on addiction, prohibition and rehab. We hope you enjoyed it!
Tuesday’s show on prohibition was a personal favorite of mine. I love history and bizarre history especially, which I think prohibition falls under. At a certain point in the United States, a groundswell of support came about to outlaw the production and sale of alcohol. Fact of the day: it was not actually illegal to drink in a household.
Today historians know very little about Nefertiti, but during her time as Egypt’s queen she was revered as a goddess. In this episode, Sarah and Katie explore the reign of Nefertiti, and why her controversial husband Akhenaton was considered a heretic.
Some carbolic acid with your whiskey?
by Katie Lambert | February 24, 2010
It’s easy to romanticize Prohibition — the days of glamorous danger, speakeasies, bootleggers and flappers. The idea of standing up to the government’s enforcement of morality is appealing as well, as those of us who live in states with blue laws (like Georgia) can attest. I always pick up a bottle of wine during my Sunday evening grocery shopping before realizing what day it is and putting it back on the shelf. But as Deborah Blum reminds us on Slate this week, Prohibition was deadly.
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